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Barton Village Road, Oxfordshire

Between 2013 and 2020 John Moore Heritage Services carried out a number of archaeological investigations at Barton Village Road, Oxford. The site is especially notable as it forms one of the few surviving elements of medieval and post-medieval Barton, in addition to the adjacent Barton Village Road.

The work was undertaken as a part of the planning process, both prior to and during the redevelopment of the site.

Initial work consisted of a desk-based assessment that served to identify the archaeological and historical importance of the site and also to establish the likelihood for the survival of archaeological remains within the site. This was followed in 2019 by trial trenching which revealed that archaeological remains dating to the medieval and post-medieval periods survived within the site. Also undertaken between 2019 and 2020 was a programme of building recording that allowed two historic walls to be documented and investigated.

Medieval and post-medieval wall recorded by John Moore Heritage Services at Barton Village Road, Oxford